On the Incomprehensible Nature of God

De incomprehensibili Dei natura

Written 386 to 398, probably in Antiochia (now Antakya, Turkey). The date is the usual view of scholars; some doubt it.

Twelve sermons against those who claimed to know God as he knows himself.

Homily · first written in Greek · a major work

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Date written probable: Homilies 1 to 5 are of 386 to 387; 11 and 12 are of 398 (Harkins 1984)
Place written probable: Homilies 1 to 10 were preached at Antioch (Harkins 1984)
Homilies 11 and 12 were preached at Constantinople.